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Political consultant and blogger Bridget Dooley praises QUINN STORIES — AboutFace‘s video campaign for Pat Quinn’s Illinois gubernatorial bid.

Check out her kind (and astute) words and watch a video to see what all the buzz is about.

“I’m seriously impressed! Humanizing stories and testimonials that illustrate the character, personality, and positions of a politician make a huge difference to voters who otherwise don’t give politics more than 5 minutes a week of their time.

It’s a monumental struggle to capture the electorate’s attention span beyond that 5 minute mark! It requires expert targeting, ingenuity, and a lot of innovative thinking (if your campaign doesn’t plan to spend trillions of dollars on pricey media buys, anyway).

No matter where you stand on the race for Governor of Illinois, it’s hard to deny that David Rosen over at the Quinn Campaign has done a great job on these web videos. Keep up the great work!”

In December we launched “Quinn Stories” with this ‘teaser’ video:

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Ep. 1: AGRICULTURAL DAY. In this first video installment of Quinn Stories Governor Pat Quinn attends the 2009 Illinois State Fair. Follow the Governor as he meets farmers, attends an auction, and talks about the importance of agriculture in his state.

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Ep. 2: THE PRIMARY. In this second episode of “Quinn Stories” Governor Pat Quinn begins his primary campaign with a rousing speech to fellow Democrats, ending with a standing ovation.

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Ep. 3: TORNADO WARNING. In this third video installment of Quinn Stories Governor Pat Quinn attends the 2009 Illinois State Fairs Governors Day. Follow the Governor as he chats with people from all over the state, only to have his visit cut short due to a tornado warning

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Ep. 4: THE GOOD DOCTOR. In this fourth video installment of Quinn Stories celebrated Illinois doctor and social activist Quentin Young welcomes the filmmakers into his home to discuss Governor Pat Quinns integrity and friendship.

A 20 year proponent for healthcare reform, Dr. Young was a founder and served as National Chairman of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, which was formed in June of 1964 to provide medical care for civil rights workers, community activists, and summer volunteers working in Mississippi during Freedom Summer.

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Ep. 5: THE QUINN BOYS. In this, perhaps our most intimate, episode of Quinn Stories, Governor Pat Quinns sons, Patrick and David, share memories of growing up in Chicago. Follow the Quinn boys around town as they talk about a Weezer concert, “Hoop Dreams” and Gov. Quinn as a parent.

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Ep. 6: PIZZA MAN. In this weeks episode of Quinn Stories, we meet John Clark, owner of Reggio’s Pizza in Chicago. In 1982, Pat Quinn helped Clark complete a financing package that helped Reggios become the only African-American owned frozen pizza manufacturing operation in the U.S.

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Ep. 7: GOLD STAR. In this seventh video installment of Quinn Stories the families of fallen heroes discuss Governor Quinn’s dedication to those in the armed services.

Highlighted in this episode are touching and personal conversations with “Gold Star” parents and the signing of the “Line of Duty Benefit” into law by Gov. Quinn.

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Ep. 8: THE CAMPAIGN. It’s crunch time at Governor Pat Quinn’s campaign headquarters and we bring you a front row seat to all the action. In this episode of Quinn Stories we go behind the scenes at the bustling Quinn For Illinois headquarters where volunteers and staff work frantically, side by side, to make sure the Governor wins the primary on Feb. 2nd.

Case Study: Howard Brookins for Cook County State’s Attorney.

Challenge: Increase overall awareness and provide a human side to the candidate.

Story: This is the genuine Howard Brookins, his family and his friends.

Political consultant David Rosen, of Chicago’s The Competence Group, is featured in this discussion of the strategy, tactics and usefulness of new media in Alderman Howard Brookins’ race for the Cook County States Attorney’s office. Featuring AboutFace director Casey Suchan.

You can see samples of the original work here>>

We recently finished a video series for Chicago alderman Howard Brookins II.  Our client was David Rosen’s political fundraising and consulting group, The Competence Group.

Alderman Brookins was running for Cook County States Attorney in a crowded and competitive field.

Casey Suchan directed these pieces, following the alderman at work and at home, to get a unique, behind the scenes peek into his life.

Ep. 1 of 6, “The Three Howards”. Alderman Howard B. Brookins Jr. hits the campaign trail to be the next Cook County State’s Attorney. Howard Jr. III (Howard’s Son) and Howard Sr. (Howard’s Father) follow along during the campaign process in this first video in our campaign.

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Ep. 2 of 6, “Let’s Get Going”. Who is Howard Brookins? Who supports him? And what is life like on the campaign trail? In our second episode, we follow Alderman Brookins as he navigates the rigors of campaigning for Cook County State’s Attorney.

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Ep. 3 of 6, “Doin’ What’s Right”. Friends of Alderman Brookins describe what Howard would bring to the office. Featuring WVON’s Cliff Kelly, attorney Larry Rogers, Jr., Congressman Danny K. Davis and Judge William Cousins.

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Ep. 4 of 6, “The Basic”. We explore Brookins’ work as an Alderman in Chicago’s 21′st Ward. We follow him along to a Lowe’s store for a grand opening, where the Alderman speaks about creating jobs and lowering crime in the community.

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Ep. 5 of 6, “Time For A Change”. As the election nears, we explore Alderman Howard Brookins’ influences growing up, his parent’s involvement in the community, and why public service is important.

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Ep. 6 of 6, “Block by Block”. Nobody likes to lose a close election, but Alderman Brookins sees great things ahead after he came up a little bit short in the election. It’s time to talk about the future — after all, the loser today is the winner tomorrow. The alderman has changed the dialogue — it’s no longer about how much justice you can afford to buy. Time to get back up and get back out there and continue to fight.